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The definition of a hill is a small mound, pile or rounded part of earth.
(noun)An example of a hill is a location for sledding.
Hill is defined as to form or cover with a small mound or pile.
(verb)An example of hill is to form a tiny mountain of sand.
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See hill in Webster's New World College Dictionary
noun
- a natural raised part of the earth's surface, often rounded and smaller than a mountain
- a small pile, heap, or mound: an anthill
- a small mound of soil heaped over or around plants and tubers: a hill of potatoes
- the plant or plants rooted in such a mound
Origin: ME < OE hyll, akin to MDu hille < IE base *kel-, to project, rise high > L collis, hill, Gr kolophōn, peak
transitive verb
- to shape into or like a hill
- to cover with a hill (sense )
Related Forms:
- hiller noun
Hill,
James Jerome 1838-1916; U.S. railroad magnate & financier, born in Canada
See hill in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
- A well-defined natural elevation smaller than a mountain.
- A small heap, pile, or mound.
- a. A mound of earth piled around and over a plant.b. A plant thus covered.
- An incline, especially of a road; a slope.
- Hilla. Capitol Hill. Often used with the.b. The U.S. Congress. Often used with the.
- To form into a hill, pile, or heap.
- To cover (a plant) with a mound of soil.
Origin:
Origin: Middle English hil
Origin: , from Old English hyll; see kel-2 in Indo-European roots
.Related Forms:
- hillˈer noun
, Ambrose Powell 1825-1865.
American Confederate officer active in the Seven Days' Battle, the Second Battle of Bull Run, and the Battle of Antietam (all 1862). Units under his command began the Battle of Gettysburg (1863).
, James J(erome) 1838-1916.
American railroad magnate who promoted the Great Northern Railway and with J.P. Morgan gained control of the Northern Pacific Railroad in a stock market struggle that provoked the Panic of 1901.
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